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Mike / Techdirt:
And By The Time Anyone Reads The Sneaky Fine Print On AT&T's Concessions, The Merger Will Be Done — from the fooled-ya dept — A few hours ago, we wrote about the concessions AT&T agreed to in order to get their merger with BellSouth approved — possibly today.
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Paul Kapustka / GigaOM:
AT&T Knows When to Fold 'em — Updated, Friday 9 AM. Look, we told you the AT&T-BellSouth deal would get done. And with all its lawyers and lobbyists, it's no surprise that AT&T made the smart political move, suggesting a few minor concessions that should grease the wheels at the FCC and help make Ma Bell bigger, sooner.
John Dunbar / Associated Press:
AT&T compromise may get merger approved — WASHINGTON - AT&T Inc. has offered a new set of concessions that are expected to satisfy the two Democrats on the Federal Communications Commission and lead to approval of the company's $85 billion buyout of BellSouth Corp. Approval by the full commission could happen as soon as Friday.
Steve Dowling / Apple:
Apple Files 10-Q and 10-K — Apple to Record Non-Cash Charge of $84 Million — Apple® today filed its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 1, 2006 and its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006 with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").
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Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Guba CEO steps down, says more execs may follow — Guba CEO Thomas McInerney has stepped down from the video-sharing site, marking the second executive shuffle within the sector in a week. — McInerney told CNET News.com that two other Guba executives are likely to follow him.
Gizmodo:
NYT's David Pogue: Wiimote Throwers Are Babies — Gaming isn't his beat, but David Pogue takes a look at the Wii. His stance is aligned with most of the Wii-loving press. But his late take gives him the perspective to include a message to the Wiimote-tossing, sloth gaming Nerds, parallel to Gizmodo's thoughts on the issue.
Paul Hampel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cartographers hit the road to bring updated online maps — In an SUV crammed with high-tech gear, Dan Donovan and Ben Woodley trolled last week through a new and virtually treeless subdivision in Troy, Ill. — A green arrow on a dashboard monitor connected to a roof-mounted Global Positioning …
Ben Charny / MarketWatch:
Google's blog search engine takes over top slot — SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Given Google Inc.'s dominance of the Internet search and advertising market, it's difficult to think of the company ever needing to pull off an underdog, "Rocky"-style comeback.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:Google v. Technorati (and Hitwise v. Comscore)
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Lorcan Dempsey's weblog, Data Mining, Chip Griffin, gregword, Susan Mernit's Blog and Google Operating System
Google:
More about the Google Zeitgeist — Pulling together interesting search trends and patterns requires Google's human and computing power together. Search statistics are automatically generated based on the millions of searches conducted on Google over a given period of time - weekly, monthly, and annually.
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PJ Doland / The Frosty Mug Revolution:
Genius Grant Please, or The NSFW HTML Attribute — UPDATE: The idea expressed below has been significantly improved and a brief spec document and example is now available. You might, however, still want to read what follows before proceeding to the aforementioned link.
Walter S. Mossberg / Wall Street Journal:
The HDTV Dilemma: Pay for TiVo's Recorder Or Settle for Cable's? — If you just got a high-definition television, one of the best things you can buy to complement it is a digital video recorder, or DVR, the tapeless gadgets that save programs so you can watch them when you choose.
The Bad Astronomer / Bad Astronomy Blog:
The Top Ten Astronomy Images of 2006 — This past year has been — like most are — up and down for science in general and astronomy in particular. We've had stunning successes and heartbreaking setbacks, all of which seem huge when dealing with them at the time.
Jeff / The Jeff Pulver Blog:
First John Edwards announces on YouTube. What Happens Next? — During my flight back to the States yesterday, a Washington, D.C. policy reporter who was covering the John Edwards YouTube announcement emailed me a request to do an interview. While I would have been happy to talk using Skype …
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Gizmodo:
DIY Wii Media Center — Wii owners listen up. The developers at Red Kawa are giving you (and a few PS3 owners) a reason to rejoice. They've created an app that lets you stream pictures, music, and videos from your Mac or PC straight to your Wii. The software is in alpha and only certain files …
Siva Vaidhyanathan / MSNBC:
Me, 'Person of the Year'? No thanks — For some reason I just don't feel as empowered as you think I feel — Consider this: the flagship publication of one of the most powerful media conglomerates in the world declares that flagship publications and powerful media conglomerates …
Arwen Hann / Stuff.co.nz:
World Wide Web-famous in Christchurch? — Start your search engines - a mysterious plane on the tarmac at Christchurch Airport may have ferried Google internet kings Sergey Brin and Larry Page to New Zealand. — A Boeing 767 reportedly linked to billionaire Google co-owners Brin and Page …
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Social Media is No Mo — As we conclude 2006 and head into the new year it is my conviction that the phrase "social media" is moot. — Social media, according to Wikipedia, includes "the online tools and platforms that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences and perspectives with each other."
